Exchange View Only Administrator - Gives users or groups the ability to view the Exchange organization and server configuration. Mailbox administrators required this role in order to enumerate Exchange server names, storage groups, and mailbox store names. Exchange Administrator - Gives users or groups the ability to manage (create/change/delete) Exchange objects at either the organization level or within a specific administrative group, depending on where the role was delegated. Exchange Full Read more

The Toolbox work center that is found in the Exchange 2007 EMC is a new concept for Exchange management tools. The Toolbox work center from a default installation of Exchange 2007 The tools that are found in the Toolbox are not directly integrated with the Exchange Management Console; instead, the Toolbox provides links to external tools. As new or updated tools are released by Microsoft, the Toolbox can be updated. The following tools are found in the Toolbox: The very popular Exchange Best Practices Read more

________________________________________________________________________________ 1003926 Troubleshooting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when it does not start or fails ________________________________________________________________________________ 1003895 Stopping, starting, or restarting the VirtualCenter Server service ________________________________________________________________________________ 1003928 Troubleshooting the database data source used by VirtualCenter Server ________________________________________________________________________________ 1003971 Determining Read more

ESX 3 x and VC 2 x ESX 3.x and VC 2.x Introduction Purpose of this guide This guide is designed for people who already know ESX 3.x and VC 2.x quite well. Although it starts as a beginners guide initially, it pretty rapidly starts to assume very good knowledge of the system. I would recommend you get to grips with the GUI first, and feel comfortable with Vi-3 before attempting this guide. That said – you might be wanting to carry out a discrete procedure from the command-line. So feel free to Read more

How to add Employee ID to Active Directory Users and Computers 1. Open ADSI Edit 2. Expand the CN=Configuration node and go to CN=DisplaySpecifiers, CN=409. Select the 409 node in the left hand pane. 3.In the right-hand pane, select the CN=user-Display object. Right click and select Properties. 4.Select the adminContextMenu attribute and click Edit. 5. We now need to add the value that will be used to create the additional menu item and direct it to the employeeID.vbs script. The syntax is very important. Read more

1. Disable HA on ESX cluster Connect to problematic server via SHH or server console : rpm -ev Vmware-vpxa-<version> (you can find out the module version by doing rpm -qa | grep vpx) rpm -ev <LGTO vm module> (you can find out the module name by doing rpm -qa | grep LGTO) rpm -ev <LGTO agent module> (you can find out the module name by doing rpm -qa | grep LGTO) 2. Disconnect host from VC Reboot Host 3. Reconnect host to VC 4. Enable HA in cluster. Read more

Auditing enables you to monitor events associated with specific users, groups, and services. These events are recorded to the security log. The capability to monitor these events is not only useful for troubleshooting, but also is an important tool for monitoring and managing security. You learned how you can keep tabs on the actions of specific users or groups and monitor attempts at unauthorized access to the system or its resources. Although you could audit every event, doing so wouldn’t be Read more

A Maps host name to an address AAAA Maps host name to Ipv6 address AFSDB Location of Andrew File System (AFS) cell’s database server or Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) cell’s authenticated server ATMA Maps domain name to Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) address CNAME Creates an alias (synonymous) name for the specified host HINFO Identifies the host’s hardware and operating system type ISDN Maps host name to Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) address (phone number) KEY Public Read more

-t Pings continuously until terminated by Ctrl+C. Press Ctrl+Break to view statistics. Perform extended testing or check for intermittent problems. -a Resolves address to host name. Test name resolution and troubleshoot Hosts file. -n count Specifies number of packets to send Perform extended testing. -l size Specifies packet size in bytes; the default is 64, the maximum is 8,192 Check for packet fragmentation and response time. -f Sets Don’t Fragment flag in packet Prevent routers from fragmenting Read more

Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS). AD CS role services install on a number of operating systems, including Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000 Server. Naturally the fullest implementation of AD CS is only possible on Windows Server 2008. You can deploy AD CS as a single standalone certification authority (CA), or you can deploy multiple servers and configure them as root, policy, and certificate issuing authorities. You also have a variety of Online Responder configuration possibilities. Active Read more